From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RB245-0001yp-VJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:17:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9DABD21C14A; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 10:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD58421C07C for ; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 10:16:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com ([209.85.215.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RB235-003iDe-Ku for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:16:31 +0700 Received: by eyg5 with SMTP id 5so317860eyg.40 for ; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:16:27 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.98.67 with SMTP id p3mr1488961fan.66.1317723386926; Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:16:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.74.196 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 03:16:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.74.196 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Oct 2011 03:16:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20111004110746.395635e0@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> References: <4E8AD6C4.7070901@gmail.com> <20111004110746.395635e0@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 17:16:26 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174c0c8663da4504ae766272 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c540ccbdd3ada7f71882f44befcd0b66 --0015174c0c8663da4504ae766272 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Oct 4, 2011 5:10 PM, "Neil Bothwick" wrote: > > On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:49:56 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > Subject line says it pretty well. Is grub2 stable, who uses it and can > > you post your experience on the switching process? Was it difficult? > > I use it on my netbook, which I admittedly don't boot more than a couple > of times a month. It's stable, I can't comment on the switching process > as I used GRUB2 from the start with this machine, it seemed a good time > to get to grips with it. > > GRUB2 is neither complicated nor difficult, but it is different. If you > try to think in terms of legacy GRUB, you will have more problems than if > you approach is as learning a new system. > Kind of tangential... Why does Gentoo still 'standardize' on grub instead of going forward with grub2? Rgds, --0015174c0c8663da4504ae766272 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Oct 4, 2011 5:10 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:49:56 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
> > Subject line says it pretty well. =C2=A0Is grub2 stable, who uses= it and can
> > you post your experience on the switching process? =C2=A0Was it d= ifficult?
>
> I use it on my netbook, which I admittedly don't boot more than a = couple
> of times a month. It's stable, I can't comment on the switchin= g process
> as I used GRUB2 from the start with this machine, it seemed a good tim= e
> to get to grips with it.
>
> GRUB2 is neither complicated nor difficult, but it is different. If yo= u
> try to think in terms of legacy GRUB, you will have more problems than= if
> you approach is as learning a new system.
>

Kind of tangential...

Why does Gentoo still 'standardize' on grub instead of going for= ward with grub2?

Rgds,

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